Telegram-herald., 1887-11-20

Wan RosE OF The kAmEHANsHAs
A LzJs Gives Her Personal ExpeEiszes
~ifh the Historical G4rIDent-ChzE
with Dasky 5FOssd oaesz
A Robe VI Rare WORK
m2ashia.

Some years ago, durizg an extended yacht
Ing cruise among the Lslsnss OF the Fscifie,
We ran INTO HonelaIa, - We felt assply IN
tsreSked IA tds people Of HAWAII fr0In tAs
h&tteTIng reports OK rAe missionaries We
received a warm welcoEae from prominent
people to whom No had carried letters nom
frisads. Ths was during the reign OF kanle-
haIaeha Ill The people were more siInPie IN
their habits than nov, ana tnsy were not de-
naorali1sd as now by the Chinese element.
The women in their coating garments, no"
called Mother huDbsrds, WITH wre2ths OF
natural flowers bound round their heads,
were picturesque objects as they dashed past,
sitting man fashion On their horses
Mrs Judd, the wife Of the prime minister,
tOok mo 70 many OF their houses and NE were
always welcomed Ia graceful manner. A
day or two after our arrival, Mrs. Judd told
me that she hal arranged 70 present me IN
formally 70 the q sen that afternoon
Nothing could excel the beauty OF the scene
as We walked from Dr. Judds house TO the
royal residence. The sun was just sinking
afar OF into the Pacific and the bills were
an axlow with his slsnting rays Vegetation
was most lu1urient. In one place We passed
q hedge OF egg plant. The fruit hung in
enormous masses and IN ali colors from deep
purple 10 overripe golden. Arrived at the
mansion the queen and the Princess Victoria
met Us on the gallery, which ran quite
around the building. They greeted Mrs.
Judd Familiarity and kindly, and gave nae a
! cordial welcome. / was soon seated beside
| the dusky queen. My husband had gone
with Dr. Judd 10 make the acquaintance OF
/ the king.
| found her majesty shy, and glad 10 shell
ter herself under the protection OF Mrs. Judd.
4 She was short, stout woman; very dark,
I with heavy features. She had been a woman
| OF the people. and for that reason her chil-
! dren, OF whom she had several, were not eli-
/ gible To the succession Her marriage to the
/ king, my friend told me, had been purely a
/ love match, and that they were still an un-
usually devoted couple. l found converse
tion with the princess much easier than with
/ the queen, for youth is sympathetic, and
we were both young, barely out OF our
teens. She too was very dark, with pleasant
manners and rather q pensive air. She was
very curious about that far of world which
she knew of only by hearsay We were soOn
Joined by the Prince Alexander, nephew OF
the king and heir apparent to the throne, ano
a young American naval officer who hao
been dining with the prince.
Our conversation ran on chsrminsly, for
getful of color or caste. An hour had passed
all too quickly. We had forgotten our elders
when Mrs. Judd invited me into the house tc
see some objects of interest, only two OF
which, however, have kept a distinct place il
my memory-the full length portrait OF
Louis Philippe and the feathered cloak OF
the Kamehameha The portrait had beer
/ ,,,.a.arfoI to q fc,--,,a,. Karrabaynaha by fhs
king of France. The portrait held place o1
honor in a drawing room opening TO tn:
right from wide hall, and the cloak haC
been brought from it's repository and placed
in the queens bedroom for my inspection
This room we also entered from the hall IL
the left Of the door and quite in q corner O
the room stood high lost bedstead, and OF
the bed lay the objec of nations venera
ton, the war cloak OF the Kamehamehas.
One of the gentlemen lifted the cloak from
the bed and brought it toward lamp in th'
center of the room, the better to examine it
curious workmanship and extraordinar,
beauty. Holding a corner OF it in ny hant
l heard scraps of its history from the variou
mouths "The work all done by roya
fingers 'Only two Of these feathers in
bird" ''The race of birds completely eIter
I
etc, etc.
As we stood thus expressing our adrnira
ton, the naval officer took the cloak from
the hands of the prince and threw it over n.
shoulders, saying as he did so, that is tn
costliest garment chat ever lady wore"
felt instinctively that he had done an i'm
proper thing that he had treated lightly an
irreverently an object Of idolstrous respect
Showing by my manner that / disapprove
Of the act, | turned to the prince 10 reInov
it, which he did in very graceful way.
However the royal mantle lay on m
shoulders, the most expensive one certainl
that any human being ever wore II is
complete semicircle, and fell in ample fold
about the bottom of my dress, and | am tai
like Rosalind, '-mOre than common tall
is made on a foundation Of network wove
of the fiber of tree. The feathers ar
sewed in with twine made Of the same ms
teriaI II is soft and even as plush, Of
beautiful golden orange, shading to silve
gray. The feathers were taken from the OC
But two feathers are used from each bird
Il is said 10 have been generations in mai
ing, and feathers and work costing owe
100000 The feathers were paid for i
pieces Of nankeen, four feathers for picC
valued at $50 AS the feathers are nc
over two inches long, some idea may
formed OF the number required for gsl
rnent of this size When Kalakaua wa
crowned IN 1858 be wore this robe for HI
coronation. making the ninth king who hs
BEEN 50 adorned -''Moodna" in New Yor
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